Agent skill

Evanflow Coder Overseer

by evanklem in evanklem/evanflow

Orchestrate parallel implementation with coder/overseer pairs.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Evanflow Coder Overseer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add evanklem/evanflow --skill evanflow-coder-overseer -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install evanklem/evanflow evanflow-coder-overseer --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/evanklem/evanflow.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer .claude/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
evanflow-coder-overseer
GitHub stars
418
Token cost
~3.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,024 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
14
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Orchestrate parallel implementation with coder/overseer pairs.

  • Works in 7 steps: Author the Cohesion Contract (with Test… → Decompose into Coder Tasks → Spawn Coders — RED Checkpoint First → …
  • Plans with 3+ truly independent tasks that share an interface contract
  • SKILL.md covers Vocabulary, When to Use, The Flow and Hard Rules, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Evanflow Coder Overseer is an agent skill from evanklem/evanflow. Orchestrate parallel implementation with coder/overseer pairs. Coders implement decomposed tasks using evanflow-tdd; overseers review each coder's output for bugs, gaps, errors, AND cohesion violations against a shared contract. A final integration overseer checks cross-coder cohesion. Use for plans with 3+ truly independent tasks that share an interface contract.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Test-driven development. The repository describes itself as: A TDD-driven iterative feedback loop for software development. 16 cohesive Claude Code skills walk an idea from brainstorm → plan → execute → iterate, with checkpoints throughout.

When your agent uses it

  • Plans with 3+ truly independent tasks that share an interface contract
  • Tasks that involve Test-driven development

Example prompts

  • “/evanflow-coder-overseer”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Author the Cohesion Contract (with Test Specifications)
  2. Decompose into Coder Tasks
  3. Spawn Coders — RED Checkpoint First
  4. Spawn Overseers — One Per Coder
  5. Spawn the Integration Overseer
  6. Reconcile
  7. Stop and Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c9ae21f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Evanflow Coder Overseer loads about 3.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 98 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,024 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~98
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,024 words (~3,862 tokens).

“See evanflow meta-skill for shared terms. New roles introduced here:”

— opening of SKILL.md by evanklem, Custom licence
name
evanflow-coder-overseer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/evanflow-coder-overseer of evanklem/evanflow.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9ae21f

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TDDpietheinstrengholt/rssmonster56430 repos~906Automated safety check: PassMIT
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TDD WorkflowhellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph11211 repos~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Categories

Questions about Evanflow Coder Overseer

What does Evanflow Coder Overseer do?

Orchestrate parallel implementation with coder/overseer pairs. Evanflow Coder Overseer is an agent skill from evanklem/evanflow. Orchestrate parallel implementation with coder/overseer pairs.

When should I use Evanflow Coder Overseer?

Evanflow Coder Overseer fits situations like: plans with 3+ truly independent tasks that share an interface contract; tasks that involve Test-driven development.

How do I install Evanflow Coder Overseer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add evanklem/evanflow --skill evanflow-coder-overseer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/evanflow-coder-overseer in evanklem/evanflow) into .claude/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Evanflow Coder Overseer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add evanklem/evanflow --skill evanflow-coder-overseer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/evanflow-coder-overseer in evanklem/evanflow) into .agents/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Evanflow Coder Overseer in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add evanklem/evanflow --skill evanflow-coder-overseer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer, .gemini/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer, .github/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer and .opencode/skills/evanflow-coder-overseer in your project.

What does Evanflow Coder Overseer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Evanflow Coder Overseer needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Evanflow Coder Overseer access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Evanflow Coder Overseer safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Evanflow Coder Overseer use?

Evanflow Coder Overseer has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Evanflow Coder Overseer use?

About 3.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Evanflow Coder Overseer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Evanflow Coder Overseer: Jest Testing Patterns (ChrisWiles/claude-code-showcase, 6.1k stars), Rust TDD Workflow (rtk-ai/rtk, 83k stars), TDD (pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster, 564 stars) and RTK Filter TDD in Rust (rtk-ai/rtk, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Evanflow Coder Overseer?

evanklem (a GitHub user) maintains it in evanklem/evanflow, which has 418 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 13, 2026.

Source: evanklem/evanflow on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.